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  • CNN lines-up special programmes for 25th anniversary

    CNN lines-up special programmes for 25th anniversary

    MUMBAI: Be the first to know’ is what Ted Turner had said 25 years ago in
    1980. And, Cable News Network (CNN) was born in Atlanta. As the channel gets ready to mark the silver jubilee year, it will showcase a series of vignettes to celebrate this moment in its life.

    People and events that have had a global impact in the last 25 years will be the theme for Top 25. Other topics that would be covered include innovations, technology, trends and sporting moments.

    Every year Time magazine, which nominates Person of the Year, will team this May with CNN to commemorate the top 25 people who have influenced global events and happenings over the past 25 years.

    Sue Rubin connects to globe

    The channel will revisit the top 25 defining moments that have made
    news headlines since the channel was first launched.

    CNN will air on 21 May at 3:30 pm and on 22 May at 9:30 am as well as
    At 3:30 pm.a documentary on Autism Is A World, which was nominated for an academy award. Directed by Gerardine Wurzburg, the doc speaks of a candid and compelling look into the mind of Sue Rubin. She, who is autistic. For 26 years, she has been on an extraordinary journey.

    Her unusual behaviour led to a diagnosis of autism when she was four. Until age 13, she was believed to be retarded. But then a new communication technique gave Rubin the ability to connect with the world. Through this documentary Rubin speaks about her life and the communication device that enable her to connect with the world at large.

    The channel will team with Fortune Global Forum in Beijing for a week of special programming from China Theme Week from 15 -22 May. This special will include daily coverage from the forum, as well as a
    documentary focusing on life in modern China.

    Beijing-based correspondents Stan Grant will present a documentary looking at the startling contrasts between rich and poor in China. Talk Asia, the network’s regional chat show will feature four special interviews with personalities from the business and entertainment industry.

    Besides airing special programmes, May will also see events such as the U.K. elections on 5 May. 8 May too will be highlighted. This day is celebrated as the Allied victory over Nazi Germany known as Victory Day
    in Russia and VE in Europe and in the US. American President George W Bush will travel to Moscow to celebrate the diamond jubilee Anniversary.

    The channel will air the 58th Cannes International Film Festival from 11- 22 May. French Open Tennis tournament will also be part of the May highlight.

  • CNN commissions award-winning journos for doc schedule

    MUMBAI: CNN International is all set to keep viewers keen on indepth perspective reporting hooked with a series of documentaries.
    The broadcaster has roped in award-winning journalists and filmmakers Christiane Amanpour, Thomas L. Friedman and Gerardine Wurzburg among others for the new initiative. The channel has stated that through the new initiative it is strengthening its committment to bring in-depth reporting from all parts of the world to its audience.
    One of the special is Blowback: Afghanistan on the Brink. Hosted by Amanpour the show airs on 1 November at 6:30 pm with a repeat on 2 November at 4:30 pm. Two years after America vowed to rid Afghanistan of the Taliban and rebuild a beleaguered nation, CNN’s chief international correspondent Amanpour travels to the country to find out if those promises have been realised. Amanpour finds that warlords have taken control of much of the country, while the there is a resurgence of the Taliban along the Pakistani border.
    However, signs of recovery are slowly emerging, some examples being that women are back at work and girls are allowed to attend school. Amanpour exposes a nation that is caught between the ancient feudal system and the hopes for a modern democracy; which is exemplified in interviews with Afghanistan’s appointed leader, Hamid Karzai, and one of the powerful warlords in the country, Ismael Kahn.
    Another special will commemorate the 40th anniversary of President John F Kennedy’s death. President Kennedy Has Been Shot will be hosted by Academy award winning producer Gerardine Wurzburg and will air on 15 November at 6:30 pm with a repeat on 16 November at 4:30 pm.
    The special uses rarely heard vintage audiotapes assembled for the first time. The documentary will take viewers through the famous four November days. The documentary also includes archival film footage and photographs as well as current-day interviews with journalists who covered the story and were eyewitnesses to the event.
    There is also stuff for those interested in the environment. Frontline of Extinction airs on 6 December at 5 pm with a repeat on 7 December at 7 pm. The crisis of mass extinction is only deepening on planet Earth and the island of Madagascar serves as a laboratory for the extinction process. It reveals how and why growing numbers of plant and animal species are quickly becoming extinct.
    CNN’s global environmental correspondent Gary Strieker travels across the island, to reveal how habitats are being destroyed by uncontrolled deforestation that condemns countless species to rapid extinction. He meets researchers and conservationists who are desperately working to protect Madagascar’s surviving natural wonders. The report also sees him talking to scientists who explain the facts about mass extinction and what has to be done to stop it before it’s too late to save the natural processes that sustain all life on earth.